After a 6-1 start, the San Francisco 49ers enter their Week 8 bye looking to bolster their roster for a playoff run with Super Bowl 61 aspirations. The 49ers went all in, trading a 2027 fourth-round pick to the Indianapolis Colts for two-time All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner.
While the San Francisco 49ers made a big swing for DeForest Buckner, it did not cost much draft capital. There are a few other big names that fans want the team to add over time before the trade deadline.
No one can deny the greatness of San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner. After missing most of last season with an ankle injury, Warner is once again putting together an impressive campaign, reminding everyone why he is considered one of the NFL's premier defensive players.
The San Francisco 49ers released veteran wide receiver Malik Turner from their practice squad on October 27 and signed defensive lineman Kevin Givens in his place.
How many of the active NFL players to rack up at least 140 receiving yards and catch two touchdowns in one game can you name in six minutes?
Hit the road Jack. The San Francisco 49ers have released cornerback Jack Jones on Wednesday to make room for DeForest Buckner on the 53-man roster. Cutting Jones was an easy decision for the 49ers.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The San Francisco 49ers absorbed their first defeat of the 2026 NFL season last weekend, a 29-20 road loss to the Atlanta Falcons that dropped them to 6-1.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy got off to a sensational start this season, and the national media finally gave him the respect and love he’d been denied during previous seasons.
After seven weeks of the 2026 season, the San Francisco 49ers have established themselves as one of the NFL’s hottest teams. They enter Week 8 at 6-1 and aim to carry that momentum into their bye week.
With major trades happening across the NFC and the San Francisco 49ers looking to build on their 6-1 start, general manager John Lynch may not be done making moves.
Hall of Fame quarterback and San Francisco 49ers legend Steve Young made his feelings clear this week about his former team's trade for defensive tackle DeForest Buckner.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
It sounds like San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was a fan of the Ryan Gosling-led Project Hail Mary, one of the biggest movies of the year, as he referenced it while playing against the Atlanta Falcons this weekend.
The 49ers just might know what they're doing when it comes to trades. They got DeForest Buckner for a fourth-round pick. Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears just traded two first-round picks and a fourth-rounder to the Tennessee Titans for Jeffery Simmons and a fifth-round pick, according to reports.
The San Francisco 49ers have been connected to Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. often in the past couple of weeks. After they were tied to DeForest Buckner in the media, the move was made, so anything is possible, and the rumors could have more legs than expected.
The San Francisco 49ers will not play a game this week, as they're on their Bye. It's a bummer for fans since they won't see their favorite team play. But the Bye Week comes at a perfect time for the 49ers.
We're nearly halfway through the 2026 NFL regular season, so we have a pretty good idea about which teams are contenders and which teams are pretenders. Many of those contenders suffered losses in Week 7, but do any of them need to worry?
As many people expected, the San Francisco 49ers made a trade to upgrade their defensive line and pass-rushing attack. On Tuesday, they sent a 2027 fourth-round draft pick to the Indianapolis Colts for defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, a three-time Pro Bowler who spent his first four seasons with them after he was taken with the No.
The San Francisco 49ers lost their unbeaten title at the weekend following their shock loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Kyle Shanahan’s team are now set to enjoy their Bye Week after what has been a seriously impressive start to the season.
The 49ers made headlines yesterday when they moved to reacquire their seventh overall pick from the 2016 NFL Draft — defensive tackle DeForest Buckner — from the Colts.
Even after a deflating loss, the Niners head into their bye week at 6-1, a record any team would be very happy about. Against the Atlanta Falcons, they missed their top four receivers and lost running back Christian McCaffrey for stretches of the game, so heading into the break with one of the best records in football is desirable.
The San Francisco 49ers announced they released CB Jack Jones on Wednesday. This comes as a corresponding move to acquiring DT DeForest Buckner from the Colts.
The highly anticipated return of three-time Pro-Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to the San Francisco 49ers has come to fruition.
The NFL trade deadline (Nov. 10, 4 p.m. ET) is approaching quickly, so other dominoes could soon begin to fall
The San Francisco 49ers suffered their first loss on Sunday in a 29-20 defeat against the Atlanta Falcons. The good news is that head coach Kyle Shanahan says he is “pretty optimistic” despite star running back Christian McCaffrey suffering an injury in the game.
The San Francisco 49ers were handed their first loss of the season at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday and are entering their bye week at possibly the best time.
After the Las Vegas Raiders' 35-21 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday that dropped what was once a 3-0 Las Vegas side to 3-4 on the season, head coach Klint Kubiak teased that he could bench starting quarterback Kirk Cousins in favor of rookie Fernando Mendoza for Las Vegas' matchup at the 2-5 New York Jets on Nov. 1.
The San Francisco 49ers earned their first loss of the season on Sunday, a 29-20 defeat to the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta.
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